A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Stock Changes *Rankings are from preseason rankings / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website and Baseball Savant Stock Up OF Avery Owusu-Asiedu (UR) – It is hard to overstate just how poor 2024 was for Owusu-Asiedu. He struck out at a 36.1% rate and had a zone contact rate of 72.6%. He just did not … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Griffin Burkholder 4-13 2 2B 1 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 3 K The draft is next week, and it probably isn’t ideal we haven’t talked about the player thought to be the Phillies best selection in last year’s draft. It doesn’t help that Burkholder started the year hurt, … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF/2B Dylan Campbell 5-16 1 2B 1 RBI 4 BB 0 K 2 SB .313/.450/.375 Campbell had a couple of nice games early in the season, but overall hit .173 and .184 in the first two months of the season, and overall through May 23 was hitting .160/.240/.328. He then … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Hendry Mendez 7-17 1 2B 1 3B 1 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 2 K 1 SB I try to avoid writing up the same player twice, but if you hit for the cycle you get to break the mold. On Friday, Mendez pulled off the feat in 8-5 … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Keaton Anthony 12 G 48 PA 16-46 5 2B 2 HR 2 BB 7 K .348/.375/.587 This is really a celebration of a strong month for Anthony who has hit .368/.417/.604 since the start of May. He is a bit of an odd first baseman with just 4 home … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Alirio Ferrebus 4 G 19 PA 3-14 2 HB 4 BB 1 K 1 HBP It was mostly a quiet week for Ferrebus outside of a two home run game (two opposite field shots on fastballs). He is only hitting .238 on season, mostly due to a high ground … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Avery Owusu-Asiedu 7-17 1 2B 1 HR 6 BB 2 K 4 SB .412/.583/.647 The Phillies selected Owusu-Asiedu in the 9th round of the 2023 draft as a junior in college, but he still is only 22. Last year he posted a 36.1% strikeout rate thanks to very low … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF/OF Felix Reyes 5 G 6-15 2 2B 1 HR 0 BB 1 K 1 HBP .400/.412/.733 Reyes is a prospect that has always fascinated me. He began the season on the Development List playing games in Extended Spring Training, was then activated by Reading and was hitting cleanup at … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from preseason list / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website or Baseball Savant Stock Up 2B Aroon Escobar (#11) – Escobar entered the year as a popular sleeper because his underlying numbers were very good, and he just had not stayed healthy or consistent. In April, Escobar hit .360/.461/.627 in 19 … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS/3B Carson DeMartini 5 G 9-21 1 2B 1 RBI 2 BB 3 K 1 SB .429/.500/.476 As a junior at Virginia Tech, DeMartini looked like a power forward third baseman with big swing and miss. Last year he struck out just 13.5% of the time, and while he currently … Read more